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en·glish
I. \ˈi]ŋglish, -lēsh also ]ŋl- sometimes ˈe]\ adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English englisc, from Engle, plural, Angles + -isc -ish
1. : of or from England : of the kind or style prevalent in England
< English earth >
< fine English tailoring >
< English customs >
— often used in English-speaking areas outside the British isles to identify that one of two or more kinds of plant or animal sharing a common vernacular to which the vernacular is applied in England without regard to actual prevalence or origin
< English catchfly >
< English cherry wood >
2. : of, relating to, or characteristic of the English language
< beauties of English expression >
< English studies >
< a literal English translation >
< vagaries of the English colloquial idiom >
3. : british
II. noun
(-es ; see sense 2)
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English englisc, from englisc, adjective
1. capitalized
a. : the language of the people of England and the United States and most of the British colonies and dominions — see anglo-saxon, middle english, old english, indo-european languages table
b. : a particular variety of English (as that characteristic of a nation, locality, class of people, or an individual) distinguished by peculiarities (as of pronunciation, vocabulary, idiom, syntax, or style)
< speaking a beautiful precise English >
< the archaic English that often lingers in isolated communities >
< the comparative informality of American English >
< the English of the gutter >
c. : English language, literature, or composition or a part thereof regarded as a field of study or teaching
< most colleges require all freshmen to take a course in English >
< he found English a difficult subject >
2. plural in construction, capitalized : the people of England; especially : native Englishmen irrespective of residence
< the chill formality of the English is no more than a caricaturist's generalization >
< the English and their tea are matched by the Swedes and their coffee >
3. usually capitalized
a. : an English translation or rendering : the English equivalent (as of a foreign word)
< tell me the English for gluteus >
sometimes : crib, pony
b. : idiomatic or intelligible English; often : the plain sense of something obscure, involved, technical, or pedantic
< give me the English of it >
— compare greek 2 c
4. often capitalized : an old size of type approximately 2 points larger than pica
5. usually capitalized : a spinning or rotary motion round the vertical axis given to a ball by striking it to the right or left of its center (as in pool) or by releasing it in such a way as to produce this rotary motion (as in bowling) — called also side
III. \“, chiefly in pres part -ləsh\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-es)
Usage: often capitalized
Etymology: Middle English englishen, from english, adjective & noun
transitive verb
1. : to translate into English
< regretfully spent his holiday englishing 500 lines of Virgil >
2. obsolete : to interpret or set forth plainly
< those gracious acts … may be Englished, more properly, acts of fear and dissimulation — John Milton >
3. : to adopt into English : anglicize
< our language expands chiefly by coining new words and englishing the words already in other languages >
intransitive verb
: to be translatable into English
IV. adverb
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: english (I)
obsolete : englishly |